Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.8.224, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 224 of Madhya-khanda chapter 8—“The Manifestation of Opulences”.
Verse 2.8.224
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.8.224:
সকল বৈষ্ণবে প্রভু দেখি’ একে একে ভাবাবেশে পূর্ব নাম ধরি ধরি’ ডাকে ॥ ২২৪ ॥
सकल वैष्णवे प्रभु देखि’ एके एके भावावेशे पूर्व नाम धरि धरि’ डाके ॥ २२४ ॥
sakala vaiṣṇave prabhu dekhi’ eke eke bhāvāveśe pūrva nāma dhari dhari’ ḍāke || 224 ||
sakala vaisnave prabhu dekhi’ eke eke bhavavese purva nama dhari dhari’ dake (224)
English translation:
(224) Seeing all the Vaiṣṇavas, the Lord called each of them by the name they bore in their previous birth.